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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Growing, (Grovin,) ppl. a. [e.m.E. growing (c 1587).] Growing; increasing. —c1420 Ratis R. 1124.
This eild has kind of grovin thing 1677 Inverness Presb. 77.
[The elders] being asked if popery was upon the groweing hand in the over parioch, answered [etc.]
